Screenshots of the ad, used to market a soap product, show a black woman pulling a brown shirt over her head to reveal a white woman in a beige shirt underneath. A video capture of the ad shows a third woman.

The ad has been deleted, and the poor optics led to apologies on Facebook and Twitter. In both statements, the company acknowledged that it “missed the mark in thoughtfully representing women of color.”

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